Re: Bell South From Protection One

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am in Coral Springs. E-mail me.

"Sonicduck" <jones1019@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1132186501.561902.124250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I recently resigned from Bell South from Protection One.  The name,
> itself, even sounds like confusion.  My background has been in sales,
> and I was hired as a sales consultant for this company.  I worked in
> the Pompano, or Coconut Creek branch.  Some of the more startling
> issues they had, and caused me to leave are hardly ever discussed in
> public.
>
> My #1 issue is not getting paid for agreements signed and delivered to
> the office.  I was hired in August, and have sold security systems
> before.  I was a resi resale rep, and small business rep in the West
> Palm Beach Office for ADT, so I do have something to compare my
> experiences to.
>
> Bell South (from Protection One) requires a tremendous amount of
> paperwork from you and the prospect/customer.  Just like with any
> company, it must be filled out correctly and without major mistakes.  I
> am pretty good with paperwork, considering my experience at ADT, and
> for many years as a terminal manager-dispatcher with several major
> trucking companies.
>
> Hell South, from Protection One (my new nickname for them) had nearly
> 20 sales turned in by me, and either flew them back at me, or
> procrastinated to the point that now, after Hurricane Wilma flew
> through here, there are probably at least 5 that will most likely
> cancel.
>
> Hell South, from Protection One has it in their sales hiring
> prospectus, that they will pay you even after you leave, for any jobs
> installed UP TO 30 DAYS after you leave.  Most of mine will probably
> get done, since they now have had 2 extra months to get them installed.
>  My feelings are that Protection One has "built in" to their business
> model, the FACTOR that xxxx amount of sales people will quit before the
> 4 months that it takes to get your weekly paycheck into their butt
> dragging pipeline, so that you get a decent weekly check.  I averaged
> $250.00 or less a week since August, and I figure they owe me nearly 2k
> right now.  It would have been more but they "choked" me out of some
> tangible sales by dragging.
>
> I think their plan figures that if they install after these salespeople
> quit, and they get installed after 30 days from the termination date,
> then Hell South will make $$$$ extra money by not paying those
> commissions.  I seriously think it's built into their model.  They are
> THAT cheap.  I highly recommend everyone to stay away from working for
> them, and that includes installers.
>